United Airlines plane skids off runway at Newark Airport
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A United Airlines flight with multiple flat tires skidded off the runway when it landed at Newark Liberty International Airport on Saturday
Flight 627 from Denver International Airport landed on Runway 22 at 1 p.m. and skidded off the left side of the pavement, the Federal Aviation Administration wrote in a statement. The plane's left main landing gear became stuck in a grassy area.
None of the planes 166 passengers needed to be taken to the hospital, United wrote in a statement. Those who had minor injuries refused medical attention from paramedics that were called to the site.
Newark Liberty halted all flights while passengers disembarked and the plane was towed off the airfield.
Flights resumed about two hours later but delays are expected to continue, the airport tweeted.
The FAA said the agency is enroute to the site to begin an investigation. More: An airplane didn't slide off Maine runway, it missed the runway altogether, NTSB says
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